2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series

The 2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series was the eighth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's Asian Le Mans Series. It is the fourth 24 Hours of Le Mans-based series created by the ACO, following the American Le Mans Series (since merged with the Rolex Sports Car Series to form the United SportsCar Championship), the European Le Mans Series and the FIA World Endurance Championship. The four-event season began at the Shanghai International Circuit on 24 November 2019 and ended at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram on 23 February 2020.

Calendar The calendar for the 2019–2020 season was announced on 21 February 2019.

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date 1 4 Hours of Shanghai Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, China 24 November 2019 2 4 Hours of The Bend The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, Australia 12 January 2020 3 4 Hours of Sepang Sepang International Circuit Selangor, Malaysia 15 February 2020 4 4 Hours of Buriram Chang International Circuit Buriram, Thailand 23 February 2020

Entry list

LMP2 Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 1 Daniel Gaunt All Nobuya Yamanaka 1, 4 Masataka Yanagida 1, 3 Nick Cassidy 2–4 Shane van Gisbergen 2 P2 36 Nick Foster All Roberto Merhi All Aidan Read All ARC Bratislava Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 Am 4 Miro Konôpka 1–2 Andreas Laskaratos 1–2 Kang Ling 1 Garnet Patterson 2 Rick Ware Racing Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 Am 25 Philippe Mulacek 2–4 Guy Cosmo 2–4 Anthony Lazzaro 2–4 Am 52 Mark Kvamme 1 Cody Ware All Gustas Grinbergas 2–4 G-Drive Racing with Algarve Aurus 01 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 26 James French All Leonard Hoogenboom All Roman Rusinov All Inter Europol Endurance Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 33 John Corbett All Nathan Kumar All Mitchell Neilson 1–2 Danial Frost 3–4 P2 34 Mathias Beche All Jakub Śmiechowski All James Winslow All Thunderhead Carlin Racing Dallara P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 45 Ben Barnicoat All Jack Manchester All Harry Tincknell All RLR MSport Oreca 05 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 Am 59 John Farano 1–2 Andrew Higgins 1–2 Arjun Maini 1–2 K2 Uchino Racing Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 96 Haruki Kurosawa 1, 3–4 Shaun Thong 1, 3–4 Notes:British Driver James Winslow Competed under an Australian License Icon Class P2 LMP2 Am LMP2 Am

LMP3

Entrant/Team Car Engine Drivers Rounds Nielsen Racing Norma M30 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 2 Colin Noble All Tony Wells All 3 Charles Crews All Garett Grist All Rob Hodes All Graff Racing Norma M30 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 8 Matthias Kaiser 3–4 Rory Penttinen 3 Neale Muston 4 9 David Droux All Eric Trouillet All Sébastien Page 1, 3–4 Ricky Capo 2 ACE1 Villorba Corse Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 12 Alessandro Bressan All Gabriele Lancieri All Yuki Harata 1 David Fumanelli 2–4 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 13 Martin Hippe All Nigel Moore All 14 Peter Paddon 2 Garth Walden 2 Austin McCusker 2 18 Philip Kadoorie 3–4 Dan Wells 3–4 Viper Niza Racing Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 65 Dominc Ang All Douglas Khoo All

GT Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds Car Guy Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 7 Kei Cozzolino 1–3 Takeshi Kimura All Antonio Fuoco 1 Côme Ledogar 2–4 Mikkel Jensen 4 Astro Veloce Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 BMW S63 4.4 L V8 Am 16 Michael Lu 1–2 David Weian Chen 2 Li Lin 1 Dennis Zhang 2 GT 17 Jens Klingmann 1–2 Aven Qi 1–2 Max Wiser 1–2 HubAuto Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 27 Morris Chen 1 Marcos Gomes All Davide Rigon 1–3 Liam Talbot 2–4 Tim Slade 4 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 51 Oswaldo Negri Jr. All Alessandro Pier Guidi 1–3 Francesco Piovanetti All Daniel Serra 4 T2 Motorsports Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 75 Christian Colombo All Rio Haryanto All David Tjiptobiantoro All D'station Racing AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 GT 77 Tomonobu Fujii All Ross Gunn 1–3 Satoshi Hoshino All Tom Gamble 4 Team JLOC Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 GT 88 André Couto 1–2 Yuya Motojima All Yusaku Shibata All Takashi Kogure 3–4 FIST-Team AAI BMW M6 GT3 BMW S63 4.4 L V8 GT 90 Jun-San Chen 1 Joel Eriksson 1 Ye Hongli 1 Icon Class GT GT3 Am GT3 Am

Results Bold indicates overall winner. Circuit LMP2 Winning Team LMP2 Am Winning Team LMP3 Winning Team GT Winning Team GT Am Winning Team Results LMP2 Winning Drivers LMP2 Am Winning Drivers LMP3 Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers GT Am Winning Drivers 1 Shanghai No. 26 G-Drive Racing with Algarve No. 59 RLR MSport No. 13 Inter Europol Competition No. 77 D'station Racing AMR No Finishers Report James French Leonard Hoogenboom Roman Rusinov John Farano Andrew Higgins Arjun Maini Martin Hippe Nigel Moore Tomonobu Fujii Ross Gunn Satoshi Hoshino 2 The Bend No. 26 G-Drive Racing with Algarve No. 52 Rick Ware Racing No. 2 Nielsen Racing No. 7 Car Guy Racing No Finishers Report James French Leonard Hoogenboom Roman Rusinov Gustas Grinbergas Cody Ware Colin Noble Tony Wells Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura Côme Ledogar 3 Sepang No. 45 Thunderhead Carlin Racing No. 52 Rick Ware Racing No. 9 Graff Racing No. 88 Team JLOC No Entries Report Ben Barnicoat Jack Manchester Harry Tincknell Gustas Grinbergas Cody Ware David Droux Sébastien Page Eric Trouillet Takashi Kogure Yuya Motojima Yusaku Shibata 4 Buriram No.45 Thunderhead Carlin Racing No. 25 Rick Ware Racing No. 12 ACE1 Villorba Corse No. 27 HubAuto Corsa Report Ben Barnicoat Jack Manchester Harry Tincknell Philippe Mulacek Guy Cosmo Anthony Lazzaro Alessandro Bressan David Fumanelli Gabriele Lancieri Marcos Gomes Tim Slade Liam Talbot

Teams Championships Points are awarded according to the following structure: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5 1

LMP2 Teams Championship Team CarSHABENSEPCHA Points 1 #26 G-Drive Racing with Algarve Aurus 01 1 1 3 2 83 2 #45 Thunderhead Carlin Racing Dallara P217 3 3 1 1 82 3 #36 Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P217 2 2 2 5 65 4 #33 Inter Europol Endurance Ligier JS P217 5 4 6 6 38 5 #34 Inter Europol Endurance Ligier JS P217 4 Ret 5 7 28 6 #96 K2 Uchino Racing Oreca 07 Ret WD 4 3 27 7 #1 Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P217 Ret Ret Ret 4 13Bold – Pole

LMP2 Am Teams Championship Team Car SHA BEN SEP CHA Points 1 #52 Rick Ware Racing Ligier JS P2 2 1 1 2 86 2 #25 Rick Ware Racing Ligier JS P2 DNS 2 Ret 1 45 3 #59 RLR MSport Oreca 05 1 Ret 26 4 #4 ARC Bratislava Ligier JS P2 Ret 3 16Bold – Pole

LMP3 Teams Championship Team CarSHABENSEPCHA Points 1 #2 Nielsen Racing Norma M30 2 1 4 2 75 2 #12 ACE1 Villorba Corse Ligier JS P3 4 3 5 1 62 3 #13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 1 2 3 Ret 59 4 #9 Graff Racing Norma M30 3 Ret 1 Ret 40 5 #3 Nielsen Racing Norma M30 6 Ret 2 5 37 6 #65 Viper Niza Racing Ligier JS P3 5 Ret 8 4 26 7 #8 Graff Racing Norma M30 7 3 21 8 #18 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 6 6 16 9 #14 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 4 12Bold – Pole

GT Teams Championship Team CarSHABENSEPCHA Points 1 #27 HubAuto Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 6 2 2 1 71 2 #7 Car Guy Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 5 1 5 2 64 3 #88 Team JLOC Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 7 1 4 61 4 #51 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 4 3 3 3 57 5 #75 T2 Motorsports Ferrari 488 GT3 7 4 4 5 41 6 #77 D'station Racing AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 1 6 Ret Ret 33 7 #17 Astro Veloce Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 3 5 DNS DNS 25 8 #16 Astro Veloce Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 DNS Ret DNS DNS 0 9 #90 FIST-Team AAI BMW M6 GT3 Ret DNS DNS 0Bold – Pole

GT Am Teams Championship Team Car SHA BEN SEP CHA Points 1 #16 Astro Veloce Motorsports BMW M6 GT3 DNS Ret 2Bold – Pole

Drivers Championships Points are awarded according to the following structure: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5 1

LMP2 Drivers Championship DriverSHABENSEPCHA Points 1 James French 1 1 3 2 83 Leonard Hoogenboom Roman Rusinov 2 Ben Barnicoat 3 3 1 1 82 Jack Manchester Harry Tincknell 3 Aidan Read 2 2 2 5 65 Nick Foster Roberto Merhi 4 John Corbett 5 4 6 6 38 Nathan Kumar 5 Jakub Śmiechowski 4 Ret 5 7 28 James Winslow Mathias Beche 6 Haruki Kurosawa Ret WD 4 3 27 Shaun Thong 7 Mitchell Neilson 5 4 22 8 Danial Frost 6 6 16 9 Daniel Gaunt Ret Ret Ret 4 13 Nick Cassidy Ret Ret 4 10 Nobuya Yamanaka Ret 4 12 11 Masataka Yanagida Ret Ret 1 12 Shane van Gisbergen Ret 0Bold – Pole

LMP2 Am Drivers Championship Driver SHA BEN SEP CHA Points 1 Cody Ware 2 1 1 2 86 2 Gustas Grinbergas 1 1 2 68 3 Anthony Lazzaro 2 Ret 1 45 Guy Cosmo 4 Phillippe Mulacek DNS DNS Ret 1 27 5 Andrew Higgins 1 Ret 26 Arjun Maini John Farano 6 Mark Kvamme 2 18 7 Andreas Laskaratos Ret 3 16 Miro Konôpka Ret 3 8 Garnet Patterson 3 15 9 Kang Ling Ret 1 10 Michael Zimicki DNS 0Bold – Pole

LMP3 Drivers Championship Driver SHA BEN SEP CHA Points 1 Colin Noble 2 1 4 2 75 Tony Wells2 Alessandro Bressan 4 3 5 1 62 3 Martin Hippe 1 2 3 Ret 59 Nigel Moore4 David Fumanelli 3 5 1 50 5 David Droux 3 Ret 1 Ret 40 Eric Trouilllet Sebastien Page 6 Charles Crews 6 Ret 2 5 37 Garett Grist Rob Hodes7 Gabriele Lancieri 4 3 27 8 Dominic Ang 5 Ret 8 4 26 Douglas Khoo9 Matthias Kaiser 7 3 2110 Neale Muston 3 15 11 Yuki Harata 4 12 Austin McCusker 4 Garth Walden 4 Peter Paddon 4 12 Dan Wells 6 Ret 8 Philip Kadoorie13 Rory Penttinen 7 614 Ricky Capo Ret 0Bold – Pole

GT Drivers Championship Driver SHA BEN SEP CHA Points 1 Marcos Gomes 6 2 2 1 71 2 Takeshi Kimura 5 1 5 2 64 3 Liam Talbot 2 2 1 62 4 Yusaku Shibata 2 7 1 4 61 Yuya Motojima 5 Francesco Piovanetti 4 3 3 3 57 Oswaldo Negri Jr. 6 Côme Ledogar 1 5 2 54 7 Davide Rigon 6 2 2 46 Kei Cozzolino 5 1 5 8 Alessandro Pier Guidi 4 3 3 42 9 Christian Colombo 7 4 4 5 41 David Tjiptobiantoro Rio Haryanto 10 Takashi Kogure 1 4 37 11 Ross Gunn 1 6 Ret 33 Satoshi Hoshino 1 6 Ret Ret Tomonobu Fujii 1 6 Ret Ret 12 Jens Klingmann 3 5 25 Max Wiser 3 5 Peiwen Qi 3 5 Tim Slade 1 13 André Couto 2 7 24 14 Mikkel Jensen 2 18 15 Daniel Serra 3 15 16 Antonio Fuoco 5 10 17 Morris Chen 6 9 18 Chen Weian Ret 0 Li Lin DNS 0 Zhang Yaqi Ret 0 Zhiwei Lu DNS Ret 0 Tom Gamble Ret 0 Ye Hongli Ret 0 Joel Eriksson Ret 0 Jun-San Chen Ret 0Bold – Pole

GT Am Drivers Championship Driver SHA BEN SEP CHA Points 1 Li Lin DNS 1 Zhiwei Lu 2 Chen Weian Ret 0 Zhang YaqiBold – Pole

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